Adjustable book-rest or table.



No. 653,I07. Patented July 3, |900. M. MILLER.

ADJUSTABLE BOOK REST AND TABLE.

(Application `filedk Dec. 22, 1899.)

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UNITED i STATES PATENT OFFICE.-

MAJOR MILLER, OF LOWELL, WISCONSIN.

ADJUSTABLE BOOK-REST OR TABLE.

SPECIFICATION forming part Of Letters Patent No. 653,107, dated July 3,1900. Application yfiled December 22,1899. Serial No. 741,300. (Nomodel.)

To all whom t may concern.:

Be it known that I, MAJOR MILLER, a citizen of the UnitedStates, and aresident of Lowell, in the county of Dodgeand State of Wisconsin,haveinvented a newand Improved Adjustable Book-Rest or Table, of which thefollowing is a full, clear, and exact description.

One object of this invention is to provide a stand upon which a jointedarm is mounted for horizontal movement and upon which arm a table iscarried for adjustment independent of the adjustment of the sections ofthe arm or the arm in its entirety, said table having such formationthat it may be used as a rest or support for a book, for manuscripts,for sheets of music, or for letter-sheets or the like.

A further object of the invention is to provide means for verticallyadjusting the supporting-arm and table carriedtherebyand also l toprovide a foot-rest which may be placed in diderent positions on thestan The invention consists in the novel construction and combination ofthe several parts, as will be hereinafter fully set forth, and pointedout in the claims.

Reference is to be had to the accompanying drawings, forming a part ofthis specification, in which similar characters of reference indicatecorresponding parts in all the figures.

Figure 1 is a perspective view of the improved device, the book-rest ortable being in section. Fig. 2 is a side elevation of the upper portionof the device, showing the arm which carries the book-rest or table asprojected forward to its full extent; and Fig. 3 is a longitudinalsection taken substantially on the line 3 3 of Fig. 2 and looking indirection of the arrows in said figure.

The body of the device consists of a base A, provided with legs 10 ofsuch character that the body of the device may be effectually sustainedupon a floor or other suitable support, and the said body A is providedwith an upright post 1l, which is fast to the body and may be of anydesired height. A sleeve B, which may be of any' desired shape, isloosely mounted on the upright l1 and is free to turn thereon.' Thissleeve B is provided with a suitable opening at its center, whichreceives the uprightll, as shown in Fig. 3, the upright forwardlyand andat the sides of rearwardly extending openings 12 and 13 are produced inthe said sleeve, as is also shown in Fig. 3, the said openings beingadapted as slideways for a supportingarm O, to be hereinafter described.Thus it will be observed that theopenings 12 and 13 form a centralvertical tongue 12a in the said sleeve.

The sleeve is held in adjusted position on the upright 1 1 by means ofan upper stopcollar 14., having a suitable set-screw 15, and a lowerstop-collar 16, also provided with a set-screw 17. In the drawings,however', the lower stop-collar is shown out of engagement with thesleeve B, since a foot-rest 1S, loosely mounted on the upright 11,intervenes the bottom of the sleeve and the upper portion of thelowerstop-collar 16, and this foot-rest is provided with curved recesses19in its upper face at each side of its center, which recessed portionsof the foot-rest are adapted to receive the ankles of a person using thedevice, the calf of the leg, or any other portion of the limbs which mayneed to be supported. Although I have shown this foot-rest as locatedimmediately` below the sleeve B, it will. be understood that saidfoot-rest 18 may be placed below the lower stop-collar 16 and havebearing against the base A, if so desired.

The supporting-arm O above referred to is made in pivotally-connectedsections. In the drawings the arm is illustrated as comprising threesections-a rear section 20, an inter-` mediate section 21, and a forwardsection 22.v

The rear Vsection 2O is provided with a central opening 20a, receivingthe web of the sleeve B, and the sides of this sectionl are Aadapted toslide in the ways or openingsn12 andfld in the said sleeve B, asrillustrated in" Fig.k r3. The opening 20a of therear end section20 ofthe arm O does not extend to the rear end of said section, and its sidesat the forward end of the section are recessed to receive cheeks 20h,preferably of metal, and these cheeks are connected by pivot-pins 23with the central section l21 of the said supportingarm. This centralsection 2l comprises two side portions 2l, made in eitheroneortwopieces, and recesses 21c are made in the forward and rear ends of thisintermediate secL tion, the rear recesses 21c receiving the forward endsof cheeks 211 of the rear section of said arm. The forward section 22 isof IOO similar construction to the rear section 20, and said forwardsection 22 of the arm is provided with a slot 22 at its rear end andrecesses in the outer side portions of the said rear end, in whichrecessed portions cheeks 22b are secured, and these cheeks, at theirrear ends, enter the forward recesses 21C in the intermediate section,while pivot-pins 24 are passed through the forward recessed portions ofthe intermediate section 2l of the arm C and through the cheeks 22b ofthe forward section of said arm, asis clearly shown in Fig. 3. Thus itwill be observed that the arm has end movement through the sleeve B to alimited extent, the extent of end movement of the arm being such thatthe intermediate and forward sections 2l and 22 may be adjusted in anupward direction in front of the body portion of the device or wherebythe central section may be brought within the sleeve'B and the endsections of the arm C folded upward at each side of the sleeve, so as tooccupy but little room when the device is not in use.

A table or a book-rest D, usually provided with a bottom flange d, iscarried by the arm C at its forward end. The connection between thetable or book-rest and the arm C is effected by forming ears 25 at theback of the table or book-rest, which receive between them the forwardend of the forward section 22 of the said supporting-arm C, and a screwprovided with a thumb nut 2G is passed through the said ears 25 andthrough the said arm C, which enables the book-rest or table to haveadjustment on the arm, enabling the table to be placed in a verticalposition, as shown in Fig. 2, in an inclined position, as illustrated inFig. l, or in a horizontal position above the arm, if so desired.

It is evident that through the medium of the jointed arm C the table orbook-rest may be given any desired inclination and that the height ofthe table or book-rest may be regulated by the vertical adjustment ofthe carrying-sleeve B. vIt is also obvious that the table or book-restand arm may be conveniently carried out of the way by swinging the arm Gfrom one side to the other. Thus it will be observed that this deviceprovides a table or book-rest which may be accommodated to a personoccupying a chair, whether in a reclining or in an upright position, ormay be adapted to the convenience of a person reclining upon anysupport.

Having thus described my invention, I claim as new and desire to secureby Letters Patentl. A book-rest or table, comprising a base, an uprighton said base, a sleeve having a transverse opening and mounted to movevertically on said upright and also to rotate thereon, an arm having aportion for passing through the opening in said sleeve, a swingingsection for the arm, a table adjustable on said swinging section,collars on the upright for holding the sleeve as adj usted, and afootrest movable vertically on and adapted to rotate on theupright,substantially as specified.

2. A book-rest or table, comprising a base, an upright on said base, asleeve mounted to move vertically on said upright and also to rotatethereon, the said sleeve having two openings extended horizontallythrough it, an arm having side portions for passing respectively'through said openings, a vertically-swinging section for the arm, atable adjustable on said swinging section, collars on the upright forholding the sleeve as adjusted, and a foot-rest movable vertically ouand adapted to rotate on the upright,'sub stantially as specified.

In testimony whereof I have signed my name to this specification in thepresence of two subscribing witnesses.

MAJOR 'MILLER lVitnesses:

G. W. W. TANNER, ANDREW WOLF.

